Subject: bug#15292: 24.3.50; Isearch: handle commands properly when called at top level

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2013 18:55:38 -0400

> Some such commands, such as `isearch-help-for-help' should be callable
> outside of Isearch.

You mean via something like M-x isearch-help-for-help, right?
(I doubt anyone would bind such a command to a key).

> Others, such as `isearch-repeat-forward', should not.  For those that
> should not, an error should be raised, saying that the command is for
> use only in Isearch.

Actually, it's not important to signal an error saying "don't use it
outside Isearch mode", *unless* running that command outside Isearch
mode results in nasty behavior.

        Stefan